Awards

Mitri Khoury, M.D., received the Resident Research Award from the Society for Vascular Surgery.

Andrea Klein, M.D., received an award for best clinical presentation for Novel Modification to Leaded Eyewear Results in Significant Operator Eye Radiation Dose Reduction Compared to Standard Lead Glasses During Fluoroscopically-Guided Interventions at our annual Surgery Research Forum on June 17, 2020.

Grey Leonard, M.D., received an award for best educational presentation for The Effect of Stress and Conscientiousness on Simulated Surgical Performance in Unbalanced Groups: A Bayesian Hierarchical Model at our annual Surgery Research Forum on June 17, 2020.

Justin Yan received our department’s inaugural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award for his presentation, Treatment and Survival Disparities in the Texas-Mexico Border Population With Colon Cancer, at our annual Surgery Research Forum on June 17, 2020.

Yuqing Zhang received an award for best basic science presentation for Selective Inhibition of VEGF Binding to VEGFR2 Promotes an Immune Stimulatory Microenvironment in Murine Models of Breast Cancer at our annual Surgery Research Forum on June 17, 2020.

Announcements 

Courtney Balentine, M.D., participated in the bioengineering, technology, and surgical sciences study section for the National Institutes of Health. 

Linda Dultz, M.D., was appointed as director of the UT Southwestern surgical critical care fellowship program and as medical director of Parkland Hospital’s surgical intensive care unit.

Christine Hwang, M.D., was elected to the editorial board of Pediatric Transplantation.

Carlos Timaran, M.D., served on a writing group that produced “Reporting Standards for Endovascular Aortic Repair of Aneurysms Involving the Renal-Mesenteric Arteries” on behalf of the Society for Vascular Surgery.

Parsia Vagefi, M.D., was appointed as president-elect of the board of directors of the Texas Transplantation Society.

Presentations 

Michael Dellinger, Ph.D.

Vanishing Act: Lymphatic Vessels and Disappearing Bones

Lymphatic Education and Research Network

June 18, 2020, virtual presentation

Michelle Ju, M.D.

Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion Does Not Reduce Guideline Concordant Cancer Care Disparities in Vulnerable Populations

Annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

May 29-31, virtual presentation 

Mitri Khoury, M.D.

Extracellular Vesicles Enhance Deep Vein Thrombosis Via Receptor Interacting Protein Kinase 3

Annual meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery

June 20, 2020, virtual presentation

Presentations at the Department of Surgery’s Annual Research Forum

June 17, 2020, Dallas, Texas

Mir Ali, Investigating the Social Media Use and Health Literacy of Gen Z and Millennial Plastic Surgery Patients

Rachael Clark, M.D., Silencing of SHMT2 Downregulates AKT2 in MYCN Amplified Neuroblastoma Cells

Kathleen Clement, M.D., Predictors of New Persistent Opioid Use After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting 

Paul Comish, M.D., The cGAS-STING Pathway Connects Mitochondrial Damage to Inflammation in Burn-Induced Acute Lung Injury in Rat

Ryan Fairchild, M.D., Predicting Mortality After Trauma Using Electronic Medical Record Data: A Retrospective Analysis at a Level I Trauma Center

Eliza Ferrari, Three-Dimensional and Volumetric Analysis of Patients With Unilateral Lambdoid Synostosis

Ray Fowler, M.D., Automated Matching of Prehospital and Hospital Medical Records: A Rapid Method of Determination of Outcomes for Cardiac Arrest Patients

Michelle Ju, M.D., HCC Treatment and Survival Differences by Safety-Net Hospital Status

Omar Kholaki, M.D., A New Definition for Success in Free Tissue Transfer for Facial Reconstruction: 3DJAW

Daniela Kopado, Characterization of Short-Term Surgical Missions (STSM) Surgical Patients and Surgeries in a Guatemalan Hospital 

Kali Kuhlenschmidt, M.D., Provider Perception of Elapsed Time During Trauma Resuscitation: A Prospective Quantitative Trauma Video Review Analysis 

Charles Liu, Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Acute Kidney Injury in Lung Transplant Patients

Anna McCarter, Excessive Kras Signaling in LECs Impairs the Development of Lymphatic Valves

Jennie Meier, M.D., Using Local Rather Than General Anesthesia for Inguinal Hernia Repair Is Associated With Fewer Complications and Shorter Operative Time

Chase Pagani, Site-Specific Lineage Tracing of Aberrant Mesenchymal Progenitor Cell Fate

Jonathan Vachon, Employing Alternating Magnetic Fields for Biofilm Destruction

Ryan Vela, M.D., Hypothermic Machine Perfusion of Rat Hearts Augments Cardiac Metabolism and Increases TCA Cycle Flux 

Joshua Weis, M.D., Diffusion of Innovation: Forecasting the Future of Robotic-Assisted General Surgery Based on 10 Years of Fellowship Council Case Log Data

Lynn Yoon, Arid1a Loss Increases Gastric Cancer Invasiveness and Metastases